it was a matter of all of us getting involved, all of us staying committed, all of us sticking with our plan for a better future until it was complete. [applause] that's how we've always moved this country forward. each and every time we've made epic change -- from this country's founding to emancipation, to women's suffrage, to workers' rights -- it has not come from a man. it has come from a plan. it has come from a grassroots movement rallying around a cause. that's what the civil rights movement made possible -- foot soldiers like so many of you, sitting down at lunch counters, standing up for freedom; what made it possible for me to be here today -- americans throughout our history making our union more equal, making our union more just, making our union more perfect, one step at a time. that's what we need again. i need everybody here to go back to your neighborhoods, to go back to your workplaces, to go to churches and go to the barbershops and got to the beauty shops, and tell them we've got more work to do. tell them we can't wait to organize. tell them that the time for action